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Rank in Toxic 100 Water: 28
Surface Water releases 2015 (lbs): 18,577,453
POTW (sewerage plant) transfers 2015 (lbs): 33,189
Pounds released post-treatment 2015 (lbs): 18,584,280
Total Surface Water and POTW Toxic Hazard 2015: 585,479,538
Percentage of national total 2015 surface water and POTW hazard: 0.2%

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This company is rank 64 on the Toxic 100 Air list.
This company is rank 92 on the Greenhouse 100 list.

Chemicals displayed below: (
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Chromium and chromium compounds 1,095 3 1,096 547,854,000 93.57%
Nitrate compounds 17,771,413 0 17,771,413 11,195,990 1.91%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 2 78 8 10,063,041 1.72%
Sodium nitrite 783,977 0 783,977 7,839,770 1.34%
Lead and lead compounds 415 0 415 7,461,000 1.27%
Cyanide compounds 1,115 1,328 2,418 483,580 0.08%
Molybdenum trioxide 616 0 616 234,080 0.04%
Copper and copper compounds 90 0 90 135,000 0.02%
Nickel and nickel compounds 1,021 3 1,023 93,079 0.02%
Mercury and mercury compounds 4 0 4 39,800 0.01%
Manganese and manganese compounds 4,332 0 4,332 30,757 0.01%
Vanadium and vanadium compounds 201 0 201 28,140 0.00%
Benzene 0 3 0 9,752 0.00%
Phenol 10 22,397 1,768 5,835 0.00%
Zinc and zinc compounds 1,352 0 1,352 4,462 0.00%
Chlorine 104 0 104 1,040 0.00%
Ethylene glycol 320 0 320 160 0.00%
Naphthalene 1 0 1 50 0.00%
Toluene 0 3 0 2 0.00%
Anthracene 0 3 0 1 0.00%
Hydrogen sulfide 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Ethylene 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Glycol ethers 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Nitric acid 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Ammonia 11,385 9,368 15,142 0 0.00%
Hydrogen fluoride 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Hydrochloric acid 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Phenanthrene 1 3 1 0 0.00%
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Styrene 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Aluminum (fume or dust) 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Xylene (mixed isomers) 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Cresol (mixed isomers) 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Dibenzofuran 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Formaldehyde 0 0 0 0 0.00%

Toxic hazard: Pounds of direct releases to surface water and estimated releases from transfers to Publicly Operated Treatment Works (POTW's) reported in the US Environmental Protection Agency's Toxics Release Inventory for the year 2015, weighted by toxicity of chemicals. Weights are from the EPA's Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators project. For details, see technical notes.

Quantity of toxic surface water releases and POTW transfers: Pounds of toxic chemicals released directly to surface water at each TRI facility or transferred off-site to a POTW, without weighting for toxicity or population.

Quantity of toxic post-treatment releases: Pounds of toxic chemicals released directly to surface water plus released after treatment at POTW's.

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